San Juanita's Tacos has the authenticity of a food truck but with the comfort of a brick-and-mortar spot, which I loved. The ingredients were fresh, the flavors really stood out, and there were plenty of veggie options to choose from. I tried the breakfast tacos, and not only were they delicious, but also very reasonably priced. There were so many different options on the menu, which made it fun to pick and made me want to come back to try more. Parking was easy, such a nice bonus in Austin, and I noticed they serve alcohol too, though I didn't try it this time. Overall, a great spot with an authentic vibe that I'll definitely be returning to! read more

San Juanita Tacos - Veggie Breakfast Tacos (Max 5 Ingredients) Migas Papas Rancheras - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

They threw my food in a styrofoam box and there it in the microwave. Strait up gross. Like wow! I will never go back and don't recommend going to a place that throws food in the microwave and cooks your meal in a container that is not microwave safe. The audacity of this is just plain sad. Im pretty sure I'm gonna be sick because the sauce was bitter and obviously not heated correctly read more

San Juanita Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

I have been going to San Juanita since I have been 6 or 7 years old over at very first location! The service and food has always stayed true to quality Even fast forwarding to 2025! I highly recommend getting the breakfast which is my favorite, the beef fajita all the way comes with beans, cooked onions and cooked jalapenos and I also get potato, bacon, bean and cheese (weird combination but don't knock till you try it) they always make the tacos fresh and it is never too long of a wait! They recently just redid the interior and it is very bright and vibrant and welcoming! Hopefully you check out this hidden gem spot read more

I love little hole-in-the-wall Mexican places and that's exactly what San Juanita is. The ladies that work there are very friendly and make sure you're taken care of through your entire meal. I stopped in for an early weekday breakfast after a friend recommended them. I got the Huevos Divorciados so I could try the salsa ranchera (which my friend recommended). It was really good. I loved both the red and green sauce and loved the cook and seasoning on the ham and potatoes. Everything came out quickly too. I think I was in and out in less than an hour. I will definitely be back for more tasty food from San Juanita. read more

San Juanita Tacos - Huevos Divorciados - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

I knew it when I picked it up, before biting into it...the flour tortillas were too thick and weren't crisped up enough. Really loved the atmosphere and wanted to love the breakfast tacos. Chorizo and egg on flour and bacon and egg on flour. My standard first order. As above, the tortillas are just average and that's they key. Fillings were good. $2.75 each. Two is a meal. read more

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Stopped in here while passing by and it was really solid and was quick service. Being a long standing Austin restaurant, I had high hopes, and I tried a chorizo egg and jalapeño taco and a beef fajita taco. They were both really good, I would rate the beef fajita taco a 8.4/10 and the chorizo breakfast taco 7.9/10. The homemade flour tortillas were great and so was the salsa, though I wish the picante salsa was a bit spicier. read more

The food for breakfast here is really good. The potatoes are amazing. I love that they're not just pieces of potato fried. They actually put seasoning and it's really good.. The service is always friendly and fast and this place is always clean. The ambience is comfortable and fun. They really play great music a mixture of everything. I love the 80s and 90s and Mexican music just when you need it. The soft opening is today and so far it seems so fun. I haven't tried the lunch special yet, but I'm gonna try the dinner the enchiladas and the stuffed avocado and the trio plate looks so great. I can't wait to dig in. read more

San Juanita Tacos - Sample for the soft opening! - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

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This is my FAVORITE spot to get amazing tacos....... Our favorites are chicken & rice tacos & Carne Guisada tacos !

I was excited to somewhat recently find San Juanita Tacos a few weeks back. I have been going about once a week if not more since I stumbled across it, but I don't think I will be going back anymore. First, the good, they make their own flour tortillas in house. I have found that most taquerias in Austin, if they make their own tortillas, they usually make corn tortillas, so it was nice to find a place that make their own flour tortillas, even if they aren't the fluffy giant kind I grew up with in south Texas. Now for the bad. They have raised their prices with no warning. a two item breakfast taco is now $3.29 instead of $2.79 and it looks like that are charging another $0.60 to add cheese, so a sausage, egg and cheese taco costs almost $4.00. I don't like being nickel and dimed, and to add insult to injury, they have a big sign on the door asking everyone to pay cash so that the business can keep all of the money. So the business doesn't like being nickel and dimed, but they have no problem nickel and diming their customers. So, it was nice while it lasted, but I most likely will not be coming back very often if at all. There are so many places around to go get a taco, and I particularly love La China ATX (in fact that is where I wanted to go today, but I think they closed due to the weather) that are at least equally as good, but charge a more reasonable price for a 2 item taco and don't make their hypocrisy so obvious. read more

Very welcoming ambiance. I usually order my food to go but I am never disappointed with the level of customer service they provide.

Love this place, original South Austin restaurant, local and woman owned. The breakfast tacos are my favorite, been getting them for years and they never disappoint. Plus, they have Spanish karaoke on Friday nights, so much fun!! read more

San Juanita Tacos - potato, egg and cheese taco - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

Stopped in for a breakfast taco. Service was quick. The Bacon Egg and Cheese taco was hot and fresh. They packed it with egg and a generous amount of bacon bits and cheese. Unlike other places that give one slice or just a tiny amount of bacon bits. I'll be back to try more of the menu! Ok that was yesterday...today it's Ham Egg and Cheese $3.38 read more

San Juanita Tacos - Ham Egg and Cheese Breakfast Taco - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

Service is very bad. Manager is very rude. Food was not good and everything was cold.

Still the best, still the same super-hot salsa. Get the beef fajita taco all the way.

Great breakfast tacos & service. I come here regularly & enjoy the picadillo tacos especially... As well as their crunchy beef taco plate- the shells are next level crispy! Love the spicy salsa & chilaquiles Verdes as well. Consistent, local & tasty, so I will keep on coming back! read more

San Juanita Tacos - ¡ Qué Deliciosos! - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

Everything here is delicious! Their beans are soooo good. Everything always comes out piping hot. Service is also good. Our new favorite place read more

Best authentic enchiladas I've ever had. Small place but very cool. Great friendly service. Went for lunch, in and out. read more

San Juanita Tacos - It's that good people!!! Nuff said. - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

This place has delicious food and great service. Family owned Restaurant with great menu options. We been coming here for so many years- when they relocated we followed and so did other customers. They take call in orders to go. read more

San Juanita Tacos - Huevos Rancheros - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

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This little joint is located in a strip plaza off of South Congress. Their menu includes breakfast and lunch options. They do serve beer and margaritas (we were there for breakfast, so we stuck with coffee). We ordered the Juevos a la Mexicana and the Migas Especiales with chorizo. Both were fantastic. They were served with tortillas and salsa. Everyone who worked there was friendly and accommodating. It was a very inexpensive and satiating meal. Definitely a "no frills" spot, which is always nice. read more

San Juanita Tacos - Juevos a la Mexicana - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

The tacos here are good, we use to get them when we were kids so it's sort of nostalgic for me. With this said their queso game is unfortunately poor at best. First of all 6$ for this little cup and for some reason the cheese sauce looks separated, and the taste is of something I melted in the microwave as a after school snack. Just not great or good. Tacos are great! Queso not so much. read more

San Juanita Tacos - Bad grey looking queso? - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

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All the food here is so yummy!!! I'm a fan of the vegetarian plate and the al pastor tacos (I know, I'm complicated). Ask for a little verde salsa for your chips because it's awesome. The waitstaff is friendly but can be a little frantic when it gets busy. I love that I can walk here from my house and that it is near the park. (I've taken stuff to go and ate in the park, on a swing, like a child. Try it.) The salsa is some of the best in town and the iced tea I would like to inject directly into my veins. This is a common lunch spot for us. read more

Boom! Best Mexican breakfast in S. Austin. I love the Migas here. I get the Migas especial which includes traditional Migas with choice of meat, the chorizo or sausage are my favorites. It includes tortillas, potatoes that are perfectly seasoned and cooked and refried beans. The red salsa/ sauce is amazing and flavorful. Total price less than 8 bucks and you will be full until dinner. Friendly attentive staff. A great place to try if you haven't been. Plenty of parking in the rear if the front is full. read more

San Juanita Tacos - Migas Especial with sausage - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

2 stars just because the tacos are really good! However, customer service ? Piss poor. Yesterday 2/20 was my first time trying these tacos and they were good and took like 5 min tops. So today, 2/21 when my coworkers said they wanted breakfast tacos, I suggested San Juanita's. My coworker called to place our order and afterwards said the person was rude. I personally went to pick up the tacos order and I can attest to the other reviews about their rudeness. Specifically the short rounder lady with short hair and wearing red. I walk in ( not greeted) . I stand at the counter and ignored for a few months. I tell her that my coworker called in an order. She tells me it's not ready yet. I stand there because I would assume she would want to take payment. I asked " okay, do I pay" instead of being polite about it, she bluntly states " I'll call you when it's ready" . I tried to say again that I can pay . She says " I'll call you when it's ready" ... okay. I'll sit down and wait. I kid you NOT, I sit down and 45 seconds later she rings it up and tells me the total... after I just stood there trying to pay, she lets me sits down and immediately after tells me to pay???? Like granted it's just a few steps, why couldn't you do that 1 min ago?? Not a single smile on this lady's face, como una bruja! I sign the receipt and not tip. She looks at it and throws it in the trash and literally gives me dirty looks all the way until I'm in my car. No way am I going there. There are seriously 30 other places in a 5 mile radius where I can get tacos read more

You'd expect a down-to-earth establishment like this place to serve authentic cuisine at reasonable prices. Unfortunately, the average-priced food is simply underwhelming, and the service is highly suspicious (bordering on racial profiling.) Food: The breakfast tacos were wholly unremarkable: tiny-but-decent-enough tortillas, exceedingly bland fillings at anemic portion sizes (we ordered egg/bean, egg/ham/cheese, and egg/ham), and just one completely flavorless salsa available. Service: Our server brought us a check that included items we didn't order. The total was $5 more than our actual bill, but fortunately we reviewed the list and caught the error before paying. When confronted, the staff said it was an accident and gave us a corrected bill. I found this to be highly suspicious because my table was one of only three tables at the time of service, and were the only group which did not appear to be Hispanic. This city is rife with taco joints, so I find it unbelievable that this place is still in business. Save your money and time, and skip this place. read more

Best breakfast in all of Austin!!! Been coming here for over 20 years and they always serve the best food

I ordered the shrimp tacos and they were tasteless. The tortillas weren't heated up so they fell apart and has no crisp what so ever. The rice was ice cold. I also used the bathroom which was filthy! They say a bathroom resembles a places kitchen and that really terrifies me especially with this corona virus. The toilet didn't even flush, and it has brown stuff all over it kinda like rust? There are so many taco places in Austin and this is by far the worst. read more

San Juanita Tacos - Shrimp tacos - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

LOVE this place! My go to place for breakfast tacos! Always so fast. I got the migas a few weeks ago and have been craving them! The ranchero sauce is AMAZING and the meal it's self is authentic. The staff is also my favorite! Keep up the good work. read more

San Juanita Tacos - Migas! - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

I really enjoy the food and good costumer service, I like the authentic Mexican food And that it's not Tex-Mex..finally I found a good place to be a regular. read more

I am tempted to not share how much I loved this place, but I guess that's not fair to the greater Yelping good. A friend recommended the breakfast tacos here, so I stopped by the nondescript location in a gas station strip mall parking lot and was blown away. SUCH flavorful bites in warm, amazing breakfast tacos. Poblano peppers, potatoes, eggs, chorizo...simmered in sauce and love. The servers were very friendly and helpful and the food came out fast. Sit there or call ahead and take to go. Limited parking in the lot (it fills up fast, people love this place). read more

Wow, I was very impressed with this place. When we decided to go out to breakfast with my daughter and her friend I couldn't figure out why she wanted to go someplace so far away when there are so many places closer. After we got our food I could certainly see why. It was absolutely delicious, reasonable prices, good portion, great service. It was really hard for me to not get Migas because that's my favorite breakfast whenever I come to Austin for a visit but I saw that they had Nopalitos on the menu so I couldn't resist and I wasn't sorry. It's pretty hard to make beans distinctively good but somehow this place does it. I just kept eating those beans until they were all gone. In fact I don't think I had any leftovers at all but my daughter gave me hers since she figured she was going to be too busy wrapping up the school year to have time for leftovers. I enjoyed them the next day. There are many good places to choose from in Austin but I hope I get back to this one another time while I am in town. read more

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This place took way to long to bring our tacos Then when we finally did get our tacos they weren't what we asked for Mind you the place isn't even busy If you want good Mexican food this place is definitely NOT THE PLACE TO GO TO read more

Delicious. I got a barbacoa taco and the meat was so tasty, a lot for a little taco, and not greasy at all. Same with the spinach and egg taco - they used fresh, not frozen, spinach - a nice touch. Variety. There were a lot of different dishes available. I found this to be a pleasant surprise especially for a smaller place. Chips. They were a little meh, but the sauce was definitely a very nice flavor - not vinegar-y at all. Overall, a good find. read more

First visit at restaurant ...ordered beef enchiladas and crispy beef taco plate #1 on lunch menu...very good and generous portion of beef filled enchiladas and taco...probably best ground beef in a mexican restaurant in some time..very flavorful...could have had more chili gravy and cheese...crispy taco wasn't saturated by beef grease and didn't fall apart. Salsa bowl was small,but salsa had some heat which is somewhat unusual...some places have to cater to yankee gringos so as not upset their sensitive palates...All in all was a good meal...wish they'd offer some better tortilla chips... read more

love this spot, will drive in from Buda bc it's one of the best Mexican restaurants in the south Austin area in my opinion. Everything here tastes great! read more

You'll find us at San Juanita's at least once a week. The food is plentiful, delicious, and the ranchero sauce is out of this world. The thing that brings us back is the staff though. The service is attentive without being intrusive. After just few visits the team knew us and our drink orders. They get really busy on the weekend so we try to get there by 9am. They are not open for dinner, breakfast and lunch only. I really love that it is always a diverse crowd. read more

We drive by this place all the time - it's on the southeast corner of Stassney and Congress. The exterior yellow paint looks like it used to be sunshine bright, but has now faded with time. It appears to be a tiny shack, a step up from a taco stand. We'd always say, "One day we'll go to San Juanita - before it gets replaced by an Office Depot." And so we did. Upon walking in, we knew we were somewhere special. It was a bit larger on the inside than appeared from the outside. The floors were concrete, the tables were covered in colorful oilcloths, and the TV was blasting terrible Saturday morning Mexican game shows - you know, with scantily-clad women doused in foamy soap. Although most of the customers appeared to be Mexican families from the neighborhood, there was still a diverse clientele. The menu explained that San Juanita has always been family owned and that the daughters who work there will get to know your name and what you like to order. It's true - Paloma took our order, and she made us feel as if we were welcomed guests in her home. The menu was none too exciting - standard tacos, enchiladas, and gorditas (they do serve menudo on Saturdays). To try one of the more exotic things on the menu, I had the carne guisada - the rice was cooked to perfection, the refried beans were flavorful, but the meat was a bit tough. I'll go back there, not so much for the food, but for the genuine, family-owned atmosphere. And the game shows on the TV. (Just kidding.) p.s. they do take MC and Visa. read more

Best greasy spoon taco shop I've been to. The prices are right, the food is fresh and the service is warm and friendly. The moment you walk in, the amazing smell of meats, toasted corn and spices envelop your senses. The dining room is cheery and colorful and kinda feels like a family breaskfast room. A must stop whenever I'm in the Austin area. read more

San Juanita Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

Out of curiosity, I braved San Juanita (the post-apocalyptic, Spahn Ranch-esque shanty of a place on S. Congress/Stassney), thinking there must be a hidden gem in there. No place this scary looking could stay open unless there is something special going on. Well, there isn't, unless it's something I don't know about. Human trafficking? Meth lab? I watch too much Breaking Bad. Anyway, the whole place smells like burned fish--and everything tastes like it, too. Nothing seemed clean. My salsa bowl had crust on it. The salsa was from a can. My glass had a lip imprint on the rim. I half expected a goat to come wandering through the dining room. I played it safe and got crispy tacos, and if they hadn't already absorbed the burned fish bouquet, I would still say they were the worst I have ever had. This is what Tex Mex tastes like in hell. I did it so you won't have to. Believe me, it's a gift. read more

This place is great. It's very simple, straightforward Mexican. My husband and I ordered the migas, queso, and lemonade. The migas were really good. Very authentic migas, i.e. not drowning in sauce and queso. The queso was the yellow kind. Very tasty, but super liquidy. The lemonade was awesome. They make it fresh, and it had the perfect balance of sweet and tart. Great service too. read more

San Juanita Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

Nopalito tacos, No bueno. Migas, I wanted them to be good. I really did. Barbacoa, guess not EVERYONE includes onions and cilantro. My taco looked like a turd in a tortilla. The service was friendly and fast and the prices were fair. It's not too easy to elaborate on. I do think I'll buy tires while waiting on my next taco. Maybe I just got an off day. read more